Alma Emma Bankus

March 6, 2013

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Posted Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Posted Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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Alma Emma Bankus, 96, died Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Pleasant Valley Manor in Hamilton Township, where she was a resident since July 2008. She was the widow of Michael Joseph Bankus, who died Sept. 21, 1985.

Born Nov. 11, 1916, in Mocanaqua, she was a daughter of the late Nazareth and Gerolima (Santorelli) Matzoni and lived in Monroe County since 1971, moving from Wilkes-Barre.

She was a member of Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church in Tannersville and its Altar & Rosary Society for many years. She also was a member of the Tannersville Senior Citizens Club and the Rock Hound Club of Tannersville, and was a former member of the Hanover Township Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary in Luzerne County.

Surviving are two children, Jane Partel and her husband, Mike, of East Stroudsburg and Robert Bankus and his wife, Mary Ellen, of Pocono Lake; three grandchildren, Lauren Michelle Partel, Michael Andrew Partel and Alan Joseph Bankus; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by five siblings.

There will be a viewing from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 9, at Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church, 327 Cherry Lane Road, Tannersville.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Richard Czachor as celebrant. Burial will follow at Laurelwood Cemetery, Stroudsburg.